lecture
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In 2016, he went viral after delivering a lecture in which he summarised the 34 elite universities that set their own admission standards, rather than follow national cut-off scores.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
Government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis insisted that the venue chosen, a remodelled university lecture hall in the central city of Larissa, was one of the two biggest courtrooms in Greece.
From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026
At a lecture to business leaders in London later on Tuesday, she will say this investment as well as closer ties with the EU and greater regional powers will help boost sluggish economic growth.
From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026
Or so Dorothy Sayers claimed in a witty 1935 lecture on the puzzle-plot mysteries that arose during the genre’s golden age in the 1920s and ’30s.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
Amy’s lecture did Laurie good, though, of course, he did not own it till long afterward.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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